Cooper



G. W. COOPER.

CUFF. `APPLICATION FILED MAYS, 1918.

Patented May 27, 1919.

han l A TTOHNEVS CUFF.

Application filed May 8, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn; in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cuff, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to avoid abrasive wear of cuffs; to prolong the service life of articles of clothing in the constructio-n of which the fabric is sharply folded; to strengthen the structure of articles of the character mentioned without increasing the cost thereof; to reinforce structures of the -character mentioned while preserving neatness of appearance; and to reinforce said articles without increasing the quantity of cloth required for the construction.

Dra/wings.

Figure l is a side view of a facing section arranged to be incorporated in the structure of a cuff for personal wear, a reinforcing strip being shown in conjunction therewith and as attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a fragment of the same, the reinforcing strip being shown in t-he position in which it is initially disposed on the facing section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same, showing the reinforcing strip as being turned to cover the seam connecting it and the facing section;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same, showing the fold of the reinforcing strip upon the facing section as completed;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the facing section. and reinforcing strip as overlaid by a backing section and lining therefor;

Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the same showing the backing section and lining therefor as in the act of being folded to cover the seam connecting said section and lining with the facing section and reinforcing strip; y

`Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the same showing the bend of the facing section and reinforcing strp to form the cufl" edge;

Figi; 8' is a sie" view of the completed cuff Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' May 27, 1919.

Serial No. 233,297.

constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention.

Description.

In the manufacture of shirts, and particularly in the manufacture of stock shirts, the patterns, according to which the parts are out; having been designed to avoid waste of the material required. To accomplish this, the material from which the cuifs are made is taken from the piece lengthwise or parallel with the warp threads thereof. In striped goods the design of the garment provides for this arrangement, it being desired that the strips in the cuffs shall eX- tend around said cuffs. The result of the method is that the material is bent crosswise of the woof threads of the fabric. The woof threads of the fabric have usually less tensile strength than the warp threads owing to the obvious manufacturing requirement that the warp threads of the fabric must resist the action of the harness and of the sand roll of the loom, while the woof threads have only to resist the run of the bobbin in the shuttle.

In service; cuffs, and particularly starched cuffs, are called on to resist the abrasive wear on the outer or facing section of the cuff adjacent the edge thereof. Also when the material is starched and laid by the iron, an additional strain is exerted on the threads of the fabric during the operation of flattening the same.

The present invention has for its particular object to avoid this wear, and with this in view, it may be said to consist in arrangthe materials composing the cuffs so that the warp threads are bent over in making the fold forming the edge of the cuff. It is to avoid the necessity of constructing the cuff from fabric having warp threads eX- tending lengthwise thereof that there is provided a narrow wearing strip.1 the warp threads whereof may extend in a manner described7 or in directions approximating the same such as when the said wearing strip is cut with the warp threads on the bias.

As seen in the drawings, a cuil'l constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, is provided with a facing section 15, a. back section 16, and a lling orvlining 17.' The facing section and back section' aref cut from fabric Where the Warp threads are disposed crosswise of the cuff or lengthwise of the -sections as indicated in the drawings by the strips of the fabric. The section 15.

is preliminarily prepared for attachment to. the back section 16 and .liningslf by having.. applied to said section 15, a narrow Wearing strip 18. The strip 18 is sevved at one end.V

by a line of stitching 19, as seen in F ig. 2 of. the` drawings. 16 and lining 17, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, thewearing strip 18 is bent'uponitself as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to cover the stitching 19. Vhen the back section 16 and lining 17 are overlaid upon the vstrip 18, as shown in Fig, `5, thethree edges of the back section, lining and Wearing strip are united with the facingv section 15, by a line of stitchingV 20.

The parts are now united so that the fold forming the edge ofthe cuff maybe made. This i's'accomplished, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, by folding theback section 16 and lining l17, sol that the stitching 20A isv covered and the bend forming the edge {of the com'- pleted cuff is made inthe facing 'section 15 and Wearing strip 18. Then this fold has been completed, asin the usual construction,l

a seam or line of stitching 21 is made eX- tending through thefoldedfabrics, to ivi-t, the facing section 15, liningfl, 'andback section 16zan'dthe edge 22 provided inthe faoing sectionl15,'beyond the raw edge 0f the Wearing strip 18,y as shovvnbest in Fig. .4.

When vthe structure formedby the various. layers of fabric isV now ironed, it will be ob,-

To receive the back sectioncut on the bias, it Will be understood that a suitable tape, t\villed orother material, may be employed, so that the Warp threads theres of are bent over the line of fold in the Wearing strip. i

UZaz'ms.

1. An article of manufacture ascharaterl.

ized comprising ka'rwearing strip structurally connected With ythe body Qffsaid article and folded 'over the exposed edge thereof 'by means of seams concealed in the ycompleted'. article, said strip, being formed of fabric, theV Warpltlireads whereofv extend transverse'said strip ,and the? edge-formingfold Lthereof.

' An articlek of manufacture as'charac'terized'liavinga body portion andan exposed Wearing' edge, said edge being relatively nar row and united to the body port-ion with con'- cealedstitching, the warp and WoofI threads. ofthe body and edge portions being extended in relatively opposite directions.

GEORGE W. COOPER.

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